Holds can be placed on your student record for a number of reasons. You should make immediate contact with the office that activated the hold to initiate the actions necessary to have the hold removed. A hold is considered temporary and is removed as soon as the conditions for placing the hold are resolved.
In LionPATH, the Holds box (found on the Adviser/Student Center page) lists any holds that you need to resolve.
For more information, review Faculty Senate Policy 34-30.
Types of Holds
The types of holds that can be placed on your record and the areas that oversee those holds are:
- Academic (college, enrollment unit, or campus designate)
- Conduct (Office of Student Conduct)
- Financial (Bursar, Housing)
- Global Programs (International Students and Study Abroad)
- Medical (University Health Services)
Impact of a Hold
Registration, Adding/Dropping Courses
Failure to complete a Financial Responsibility Agreement prevents your enrollment for the upcoming semester. An academic, administrative, financial, or health hold prevents you from registering or adding courses for current and future semesters.
Most holds will not prevent you from dropping or late dropping courses. However, depending on the type of hold, there may be other policies that prevent these actions.
Transcript
Two conditions prevent the issuing of an official transcript:
- you have a financial hold.
- you have not participated in a student loan exit interview.
Diploma
Certain financial or disciplinary holds prevent the issuing of your diploma.
